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stroke play

n
(Golf) golf
a. scoring by counting the number of strokes taken
b. (as modifier): a strokeplay tournament.
Compare match play, Stableford
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Noun1.stroke play - golf scoring by total strokes takenstroke play - golf scoring by total strokes taken
golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
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Translations

stroke play

n (Golf) → Zählspiel nt; stroke-play tournamentZählspielturnier nt
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HUGH ADAMS will attempt to become the first player to win the Reid Trophy two years in a row when he tees up in the English Boys' Under 14 Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Trentham Golf Club in Staffordshire next week.
Yuka Saso followed up her solid opening 65 with an eagle-spiked 67 to clinch top ranking after the 36-hole stroke play eliminations of the US Girls' Junior Championship at SentryWorld in Stevens Point in Wisconsin on Tuesday.
Peerless Saso claims medal honors !-- -- Dante Navarro (Philstar.com) - July 24, 2019 - 1:25pm MANILA, Philippines Yuka Saso stayed on course for a dream US Girls' Junior crown with another brilliant performance at SentryWorld, churning out a bogey-free, eagle-spiked five-under 67 to earn medalist honors after the 36-hole stroke play elims in Stevens Point, Wisconsin Tuesday (Wednesday Manila time).
Saso was also the only player in the field to go bogey-free in stroke play.
This week, the usual 72-hole stroke play will be swapped for only 36 holes of stroke play on the Andalusian coastline before the 64 players who survive the cut will compete in a nine-hole match play across the weekend.
The usual 72-hole stroke play will be swapped for only 36 holes of stroke play on the Andalusian coastline before those surviving the 64-man cut will compete in nine-hole match play across the weekend.
She is bidding to regain the title she surrendered last year when, having finished third in stroke play qualifying, went out in the first round of match play - going down to Southerndown's Georgia Lewis on the last.
After 36 holes of stroke play, the field is reduced to the lowest-scoring 32 teams for the championships match-play bracket.
Just like last year, the 54-hole Stroke Play Nyali Open is sponsored by Grain Bulk Handlers, AAR HealthCare, and Shikara Limited courtesy of club member Alice Wahome who is also the Junior Golf Foundation Coast region representative.A field of 84 players including Tanzania's top amateur Victor Joseph and Adam Abbas, Uganda's Joel Basalaine and Joseph Chinywai will take part in the event.
WELSH OPEN STROKE PLAY wREXHAM's Tom Will--iams will lead the home challenge in the Welsh Open Stroke Play Championship at Pyle & Kenfig this weekend.
"The quality of the course will provide an ideal test for all of the players in the stroke play qualifying rounds and should lend itself to some exciting matches when the top 32 players go through to the knockout phase of the championship."
After 36 holes of regular stroke play on Thursday and Friday, the action turned to knockout yesterday, with the top 64 from days one and two facing each other over nine holes of stroke play.

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